President Donald J. Trump and the National Security State

As Washington finds itself in turmoil over the leaked details of a high-level meeting discussing the response to Houthi attacks on maritime shipping in the Persian Gulf—with serious implications for US-EU relations and Middle East diplomacy—a former senior official in America's national security establishment will explore how, in recent years, the national security state has been distorted by partisan politics and flawed strategic judgments. 
 

- Did the Obama administration weaken America's international standing and strategic posture?
- Was the intelligence community weaponised against Donald Trump's presidency?
- Has the war on disinformation evolved into a censorship industrial complex?

Featured Participants:
Speaker: Adam Lovinger
Moderator: John O’Sullivan, President of the Danube Institute

About the Speaker:
Adam S. Lovinger currently serves as Vice President for Strategic Affairs at the Gold Institute for International Strategy, a Washington D.C.-based “think-and-do” tank. In 2017, he served as Senior Director for Strategic Assessments at the U.S. National Security Council (NSC).
From 2006 to 2017, he provided direct support on long-term U.S. national security strategy to the Secretary of Defense through the Pentagon’s Office of Net Assessment (ONA). Lovinger has also served as an adjunct professor at three graduate schools within Georgetown University and has guest lectured on topics such as U.S.-China strategic competition and U.S. grand strategy at institutions including Yale University, Oxford University, the German Council on Foreign Relations, the European Commission, and the United Services Institute of India. He holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, and Georgetown Law School.
Mr. Lovinger's latest book is "The Insider Threat: How the Deep State undermines America from within" (Encounter Books)

NO REGISTRATION IS NEEDED!

Date: 28/03/2025
Venue: Lónyay-Hatvany Villa, 1. Csónak str., 1015 Budapest 
(Entrance: Aranybástya - Restaurant)